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My practicality consists in this, in the knowledge that if you beat your head against the wall it is your head which breaks and not the wall - that is my strength, my only strength. ↗

— Antonio Gramsci

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The poetic act consists of suddenly seeing that an idea splits up into a number of equal motifs and of grouping them; they rhyme. ↗

— Stephane Mallarme

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Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries. ↗

— James A. Michener

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The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing. ↗

— Ralph Richardson

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The essence of religion consists in the feeling of an absolute dependence. ↗

— Friedrich Schleiermacher

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With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches. ↗

— Adam Smith

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The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. ↗

— Aristotle

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Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires. ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

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The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries. ↗

— John Adams

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Love consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other. That's why true love is never based, as associations for utility or pleasure are, on a fair exchange. ↗

— Mortimer Adler

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